He didn't - it was Athena who out of pity turned Atlas to stone with Medusa's head to relieve him of holding up the Ouranos or sky from the Earth; he then became the Atlas mountains
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There were three gorgons. There head looks weird and their hair is made of snakes. If you look at them you will turn to stone. The most powerful gorgon was Medusa.
The Three Gorgons were the creatures that could turn people to stone.
perseuse gives Polydectes medusa's head and they turn to stone but Danae doesn't because Perseus worns her daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! What Up!
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Perseus was a warrior who was sent to kill a gorgon by the name of Medusa. The gorgon's expression was so scary it would turn anyone who looked at it to stone. Perseus beheaded the monster by looking at it through a mirror rather than right at it.